ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI – A missing Hamilton girl has been found safe in Missouri after she apparently left her home with a 34-year-old California man she met on the Internet, Allegan County Sheriff’s Lt. Frank Baker said.

The two were found Tuesday, Oct. 22, in a Crestwood, Mo., convenience store, police said.

The girl, Rachel Baker, 13, is safe with police.

Joseph Young Arpincourtesy photo/Allegan County Sheriff's Office

The suspect, Joseph Young Arpin, of San Jacinto, Calif., has been arrested, police said.

Allegan County sheriff’s detectives were alerted to a possible location for the two, and contacted Crestwood police.

The Sheriff’s Department issued an alert this morning.

The girl was last seen around 11 p.m. Monday, and was found to be missing early Tuesday. Police considered her missing and endangered.

Police determined that the girl had contact with Arpin over the Internet, and that he showed up in Michigan about two weeks ago.

The girl left a note for her mother saying she wanted to be with Arpin, police said.

Police called in a tracking dog. Police believe the girl climbed out of a window and got into a vehicle.